Deeptime Network | Ed Lantz | Activity https://dtnetwork.org/our-members/edlantz/activity/ Activity feed for Ed Lantz. Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:07:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.1.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 a293b01a011903cc1db235a6c18cdcfa Ed Lantz started the topic Philosophy for Children in the forum Deeptime Network Forum https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/philosophy-for-children/ Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:43:14 -0500 Ran across this UK group that may be of interest:

“Philosophy for Children, or P4C, is an approach to teaching and learning, in which children take part in philosophical enquiry. It enhances thinking and communication skills, boosts confidence and self-esteem, and improves behaviour and academic attainment.”

https://www.sapere.org.uk/

]]> 0 5e5a72088165f5bed2970d984fc12e3c Ed Lantz updated new location at Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/25106/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:44:53 -0500 0 9d2b53425d15cbd6fabdf5232047d6a0 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/28/#post-5221 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:57:52 -0500 Thanks Karen!  Just ordered it…  E

]]> 0 0110ed461a47fbf1f78a4c2461d5808c Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/28/#post-5218 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 04:38:07 -0500 Mike, I think that Swimme and Berry’s Cosmogenesis concept holds promise for intellectual common ground as you suggest. The term is not as pithy and self-explanatory as the expression “living universe,” however. Duane, the term “trans-biological life” is intriguing and self-explanatory. However you still may run into philosophical issues since y…[Read more]

]]> 0 a945c3c133adb0ab977fd1dd57c4d203 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/27/#post-5153 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:52:08 -0500 Great to see the conversation continuing… Mike: “The question, “Is the Universe a living system”, is a non-sequitur. There is a disconnect between the premise and the conclusion.” Thank you for this!  Yes, this thread has been going in circles and agree with your observation that folks are sticking to their guns, so to speak. I believe there…[Read more]

]]> 0 34a381be2cb3d05cf854f30165a024cc Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/23/#post-4610 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:50:39 -0400 Jon – Thanks for your kind and thoughtful comments. You’ve taken the time to sift through and respond to my points in detail and I really do appreciate that. While we personally gravitate towards different approaches given the same data, we’ve reached a place of mutual understanding and respect and, as you say, we’ll see where the data take us.  …[Read more]

]]> 0 3d7637c28f6a4262fb5852cf5daa6f88 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/23/#post-4601 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:38:59 -0400 Davidson, I’ve too have pondered these questions.  I think the plant experiments you are referring to were referenced in the “Secret Life of Plants,” and is the work of Cleve Backster. His work was subject to scathing attacks by skeptics and, in their favor, he did not work under strict laboratory conditions so his work was easily discr…[Read more]

]]> 0 5efa46b75f197286c1976b56251aaa1e Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/22/#post-4595 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:35:30 -0400 That’s great, Duane – I have some reading to do…

]]> 0 8c958785b634dfbdd07838db7c23a565 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/22/#post-4590 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 05:34:52 -0400  Duane,     I agree with your “rational knowing” versus “direct knowing” differentiation – it is an extremely important one in these discussions.   As was alluded to in the conversation with Davidson, objective and subjective are radically different domains and care must be taken when cross-referencing from one to the other. Phenomenologists and…[Read more]

]]> 0 609368cbd9a0fe805aced5f93c06d762 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/22/#post-4590 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 05:34:52 -0400  Duane,   I agree with your “rational knowing” versus “direct knowing” differentiation – it is an extremely important one in these discussions. As was alluded to in the conversation with Davidson, objective and subjective are radically different domains and care must be taken when cross-referencing from one to the other. Phenomenologists and my…[Read more]

]]> 0 6f7a74011091cbff41200a978acb235f Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/22/#post-4585 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 03:01:53 -0400 Thanks for replying, Jon. You’ve raised some questions that I can address.  You say you need a “test for reasonableness”:   “…I can’t accept all interpretations of experiences (because they contradict each other), so I have to find a way to choose which to look into – and that way can’t be just by gut prejudices, but must be based on fairly a…[Read more]

]]> 0 2428280c605bf127da18aa137d8230dd Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/22/#post-4585 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 03:01:53 -0400 Thanks for replying, Jon. You’ve raised some questions that I can address.  You say you need a “test for reasonableness”: “…I can’t accept all interpretations of experiences (because they contradict each other), so I have to find a way to choose which to look into – and that way can’t be just by gut prejudices, but must be based on fairly…[Read more]

]]> 0 69878a4c10bc8983b3feffe4242e0071 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/22/#post-4582 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 02:37:41 -0400 Davidson,   I agree with your point that we’re talking about mental experiences or processes, not sensory experiences (at least not in the way that ordinary sensory experiences are taken in). Sure, there may well be anomalous physical phenomena “out there” (UFO’s, etc.) but I expect the vast majority of phenomena that are believed to be “out the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9c5ea31df75506c2dcc8363490aa6e66 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/22/#post-4580 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 06:14:09 -0400 Davidson, I agree with your assessment of personal versus empirical “truth.” That was a very poignant story illustrating your point. I would add that there are types of mental phenomena that _can_ be evaluated objectively and shared. Mathematics and logic are purely mental exercises, for instance. Because we have developed a shared language, s…[Read more]

]]> 0 7bad19b18f326709afc52326382e7a4a Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/22/#post-4578 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:59:59 -0400 Exactly, Duane. These are not isolated cases. Anomalous informational “experiences” are a pervasive phenomena spanning from the dawn of history to the present scientific age. Well-meaning skeptics have attempted to suppress popular mystical “face-value” interpretations (i.e. telepathy is exactly as it seems, not a mere coincidence – a ghost r…[Read more]

]]> 0 a67a855f6a3e7e04380f7f62ae2bb8ee Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/22/#post-4576 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:48:39 -0400 Davidson, you raise a great point which is the core issue of any phenomenological research… that is, how do we objectively confirm what is essentially a personal subjective experience? As you point out, the woman having the alien births could be lying/acting, or she could be deluded, or, though few of us would buy it, she could be telling the…[Read more]

]]> 0 a03668ae23a8d6c7bf1f55bc86e400b7 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/21/#post-4574 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:54:20 -0400 Here’s my personal take on the “Living Universe” discussion: 1) Elisabet Sahtouris’ “autopoiesis” argument aside (I did not fully understand her argument), I see no evidence for the universe being a self-replicating living being in the same way that a biological organism is alive. Planets and galaxies do not have nervous systems. They do not…[Read more]

]]> 0 f8c655d37b2135211e28021507099faa Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/21/#post-4573 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:20:45 -0400 Jon – To me, your arguments seem to come from a need to fit everything into a particular worldview – one that assures us that there is “nothing out of the ordinary.” And I am sure you see my arguments as the opposite – that I am trying to make something out of nothing.   I appreciate you sharing your personal (“mystical”) experience. As you kno…[Read more]

]]> 0 53a838673e812c568f2a82d616f8c393 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/20/#post-4431 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 08:15:03 -0400 Jon – thanks for explaining your reasoning. While I still do not see the “diminishing effect” over time that you mentioned, indeed the effect in Bems’ and others’ data is relatively small. This should not come as a surprise – if these effects were large then they would be incontrovertible.  Anomalous information effects are close enough to c…[Read more]

]]> 0 45324edcdb655b6813095a4fec2cb8cb Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/19/#post-4419 Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:04:24 -0400 I find this discussion about life being “simply mechanical” versus “something more” to be quite fascinating from a human point of view. What I see here are two very different world views, each claiming to be valid. On the one hand, Jon, Ursula and others feel that we mostly understand the processes of life and are perhaps even now able to create…[Read more]

]]> 0 e8c66bd0a53d217b867f95388a56edee Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/19/#post-4419 Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:04:24 -0400 I find this discussion about life being “simply mechanical” versus “something more” to be quite fascinating from a human point of view. What I see here are two very different world views, each claiming to be valid. On the one had, Jon, Ursula and others feel that we mostly understand the processes of life and are perhaps even now able to create…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd6245812dafff22b963aab0c2dfdd3b Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/19/#post-4418 Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:43:11 -0400 <p>Jon: “Looking over those, I don’t see anything that changes my earlier statement – that the closer these possible effects are looked at, the smaller and more elusive they become – a hallmark of something that isn’t real.”</p><p> </p><p>Ok, well your argument is based on you “looking over” the citations that I gave, however your claim that “that…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d0ac54f37f0da1bb7ce91d2a956fdba Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/17/#post-4368 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:21:13 -0400 Duane: “I recently discovered a wonderful dialogue underway that I highly recommend as it is so relevant to the conversation here:  Sheldrake-Shermer Dialogue on the Nature of Science, May thru Julyhttp://www.thebestschools.org/special/sheldrake-shermer-dialogue-nature-of-science/#TOC ” Great conversation!  I will read through it all.  &n…[Read more]

]]> 0 663534bba765b425c4686358f71bc358 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/17/#post-4339 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 04:02:59 -0400 Jennifer:  “My brother in law is hooked on reading the posts . . . says we should charge admission.” Smiles.

]]> 0 a973f2512c7621d44b2e6ad03c36d3ad Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/17/#post-4336 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 03:51:19 -0400 <p>Hi Jon – thanks for addressing my comments.</p><p> </p><p>Ed: “Personally, I’ve moved past such arguments – there is a TON of evidence regarding anomalous information transfer.  Others can wait for “extraordinary proof” to emerge that will put down even the most extreme skeptic, however I’ve grown impatient as the data mounts in favor of a tru…[Read more]

]]> 0 6bb72a53545c9755dc796cd5ba1311f7 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/17/#post-4331 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:21:14 -0400 I’ve also been traveling in Europe. We’re kicking off an immersive concert tour of “Ceremony” featuring James Hood (https://vimeo.com/112149923) with three performances in Germany, including an underwater Liquid Sound concert at TOSKANA THERME BAD SULZA (http://tinyurl.com/o729hap). Next performance at Planetarium Hamb…[Read more]

]]> 0 02e9df9f0a0c01460d46c57da3e4c922 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/17/#post-4311 Fri, 22 May 2015 21:36:26 -0400 Hi Karen. Yes, interesting writeup on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-tuned_Universe): “Physicist Paul Davies has asserted that “There is now broad agreement among physicists and cosmologists that the Universe is in several respects ‘fine-tuned’ for life”. However, he continues, “the conclusion is not so much that the Universe is fin…[Read more]

]]> 0 f216838e5da2fc13fdb160584111b41f Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/16/#post-4309 Fri, 22 May 2015 10:04:44 -0400 Karen:  “Like Ursula, I feel that life evolved all on its own…Evolution, for me, is a given, requires no mystical explanation, and I am somewhat shocked we are debating it.”Jon: “Karen, I have the same view as you and Ursula – I don’t see any evidence for, nor need for, some external guidance.” Who is resorting to mysticism or external guid…[Read more]

]]> 0 9fb0003db429aebde8138ddfe9ac7540 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/16/#post-4307 Fri, 22 May 2015 09:42:12 -0400 Duane: “I see the universe in a very different manner than human biological systems. My years of laboratory research as a subject in psi research persuaded me there is an ecology of consciousness infusing the universe that can operate in a non-local fashion–therefore my question about the universe: If something is conscious, can it be co…[Read more]

]]> 0 ab809c045b4ce81ff6373a083c467fb4 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/16/#post-4307 Fri, 22 May 2015 09:42:12 -0400 Duane: “I see the universe in a very different manner than human biological systems. My years of laboratory research as a subject in psi research persuaded me there is an ecology of consciousness infusing the universe that can operate in a non-local fashion–therefore my question about the universe: If something is conscious, can it be co…[Read more]

]]> 0 7751677a3c08f1258e53b00d003c90c2 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/16/#post-4294 Thu, 21 May 2015 01:17:33 -0400 Duane: “I’d like to clear up what seems to be a misunderstanding. Earlier you wrote that I “believe that some special guidance is needed to form anything we see (life, trees, bugs, us) from the materials we have (carbon, other atoms, sunshine).” I do not believe that “special guidance” is required from some external (supernatural?) force. Ra…[Read more]

]]> 0 5fa4e4d75dc9104859da3df76b25afe9 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/16/#post-4290 Thu, 21 May 2015 00:34:36 -0400 Thanks Jon. No offense taken. I will accept the challenge of carefully framing my hypothesis for review including testable predictions as Ursula suggests. I’m busy too – it may take a few days to turn this around. Jon: ‘“the scientific establishment is biased against my ideas” is not a valid argument, and instead is a sign of pseudosci…[Read more]

]]> 0 ee93657407caf06a7b3ff92a17663f65 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/15/#post-4276 Wed, 20 May 2015 06:22:32 -0400 Hey Jon,   I appreciate you taking the time to express your reactions to some of my statements. From my perspective, I do feel a bit “attacked” here by you and Ursula too. There are a lot of acquisitions (inquisitions?) being made about me using methods of “pseudoscience,” as if I’m being branded as a witch or something. That sort of branding of o…[Read more]

]]> 0 56f925d05089c9f134cbd228a9918d3b Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/15/#post-4262 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:39:33 -0400 Ursula: “Let’s try to keep things classy.” Agreed.  Guess I was feeling ganged up on by you guys. Scientific thinkers and rationalists often have an almost knee-jerk reaction against anything that even remotely sounds religious – especially creationism and intelligent design. I do feel it is important to keep religion out of science, however I al…[Read more]

]]> 0 ef36818b0b54badb5a4385ad2a4f2108 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/14/#post-4256 Tue, 19 May 2015 13:14:37 -0400 Hi Davidson, Thank you for your thoughtful comments.   I suppose when referring to “intelligence” it’s not in the sense of acting wisely or compassionately. Neither people nor the universe seem to follow our common sense ideas about acting wisely or compassionately. How many mass extinctions have there been?  Senseless loss of life in natural d…[Read more]

]]> 0 bbd394dccc7e42999b8fb6507e5e1987 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/14/#post-4256 Tue, 19 May 2015 13:14:37 -0400 Hi Davidson, Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I suppose when referring to “intelligence” it’s not in the sense of acting wisely or compassionately. Neither people nor the universe seem to follow our common sense ideas about acting wisely or compassionately. How many mass extinctions have there been?  Senseless loss of life in natural…[Read more]

]]> 0 e78ff0d32c6adec1045ee988c5cad3ed Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/14/#post-4254 Tue, 19 May 2015 07:04:01 -0400 Ursula: “As per several comments above, the operant feature of origin-of-life scenarios is selection, not chance, working over hundreds of millions of years and presumably generating early entities that were far less complex than modern organisms.” Nice theory, Ursula. It’s what they taught me in school. But to promote such a story as fact is…[Read more]

]]> 0 2acdc2630e0b4cee661b1aa250c3f3b0 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/14/#post-4252 Tue, 19 May 2015 04:30:08 -0400 Hi All, Well perhaps I overstated my case by calling this a “raging debate” – maybe it is better classified as a “simmering debate.”  In any case, I’ve been seeing a lot more theorists stepping out on a limb and positing that the universe may not be as random as we think, or that consciousness might be a fundamental property of matter. I’ll pull…[Read more]

]]> 0 681ec678f82533c4a391b6a2c00ed926 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/14/#post-4247 Mon, 18 May 2015 21:10:14 -0400 Ursula: “…it’s my understanding that the term “information” is used in computation theory, theoretical physics, and quantum computational contexts in a very different way than it is used the semiotic contexts. In the former it refers to the signal itself; in the latter it refers to what the signal is about, its meaning. Hence to say that becau…[Read more]

]]> 0 8cab40bcf3497004ddb30a8023f3a009 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/13/#post-4244 Mon, 18 May 2015 19:46:10 -0400 “…life cannot have had a random beginning…The trouble is that there are about two thousand enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part in 10 to the 40,000power, an outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup. If one is not prejudiced either by…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d8587abe15c2201db7f221ecab93cd0 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/13/#post-4242 Mon, 18 May 2015 18:26:20 -0400 Ursula: “The fine-tuning trope carries the implication of there being a fine tuner. I for one prefer the concept that in at least one universe of the multiverse, the fundamental constants happened to be such that stable matter could exist and complexify, and in at least one patch of that universe, conditions were such that stable carbon-based…[Read more]

]]> 0 50064497916f30572086982d3908ea1c Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/13/#post-4239 Mon, 18 May 2015 16:27:48 -0400 Hi Ursula – Carbon is formed in stars through a “triple alpha” process which was previously unknown and thought to be improbable. Hoyle recognized that there had to be a way for carbon to form and hypothesized a quirky resonance  that would allow it.  Some use this as evidence that the anthropic principle has predictive power. This from Wi…[Read more]

]]> 0 63b78e4f350b2e5e8dd33f4205884720 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/13/#post-4239 Mon, 18 May 2015 16:27:48 -0400 Hi Ursula – Carbon is formed in stars through a “triple alpha” process which was previously unknown and thought to be improbable. Hoyle recognized that there had to be a way for carbon to form and hypothesized a quirky resonance  that would allow it.  Some use this as evidence that the anthropic principle has predictive power. This from Wi…[Read more]

]]> 0 95b13c4878922abb35d1580fddb6d5b3 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/13/#post-4226 Sun, 17 May 2015 19:41:25 -0400 <p>Hi Karen – Yes I love that quote from Sir Fred Hoyle because it sums up the intuitive impressions of a number of physicists and cosmologists. There is also this notion that the universe (including numerous physical constants) seems to be “fine tuned” for life as we know it. There are an array of physical constants which, if varied even sli…[Read more]

]]> 0 7f9df9ef97a418138889f05b9b36277a Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/13/#post-4226 Sun, 17 May 2015 19:41:25 -0400 <p>Hi Karen – Yes I love that quote from Sir Fred Hoyle because it sums up the intuitive impressions of a number of physicists and cosmologists. There is also this notion that the universe (including numerous physical constants) seems to be “fine tuned” for life as we know it. There are an array of physical constants which, if varied even sli…[Read more]

]]> 0 417e40b237e288405aeee0d0f01234c0 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/13/#post-4224 Sun, 17 May 2015 07:21:12 -0400 <p>Ursula, thanks for passing along the critique of your neuroscientist colleague. However it doesn’t seem fair to have him/her critiquing from the sidelines anonymously.  I’d like to directly address your friend. Can you get him/her to join our thread, perhaps? Otherwise it is a “hit-and-run” conversation. Anyway, I’ll clarify some nuances of my…[Read more]

]]> 0 e543b957783215afa5faa127afe86d28 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Quantum Consciousness: Is the Universe Intelligent? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/quantum-consciousness-is-the-universe-intelligent/#post-4211 Fri, 15 May 2015 00:00:08 -0400 <p>Hi Duane,</p><p><br />  <br /> Thanks for the kind words. Yes, it can be a lot to take in!  It would be great to chat sometime. I’m based in downtown LA. – E</p>

]]> 0 6fa754f23cd5c200fb7f190c36727de0 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/12/#post-4207 Wed, 13 May 2015 01:53:12 -0400 <p>Karen, glad you found my comments on entropy useful.  Thermodynamics can be confusing but it does boil down to some very basic concepts. The term entropy is also used in information theory. Interestingly, the more random a signal appears, the more information is potentially contained in that signal. So when we probe quantum information and see…[Read more]

]]> 0 034c139a99da9cfaefe179bb7ddcbe19 Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/12/#post-4202 Tue, 12 May 2015 19:44:03 -0400 Duane writes: “…I have one, core question that keeps nagging at me: Can something be consciousness without being alive? If something is conscious then can it be considered “alive”? What connection do you see between these two?” Excellent question!  This line of thinking challenges our notion of what life is. I do not have a snappy answer, but…[Read more]

]]> 0 0d0bbd2bf895c19b8bbe8e8b1f8188bd Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/12/#post-4198 Tue, 12 May 2015 18:45:20 -0400 Karen Chaffee: “Ed, you may have explained this, but is there a way to experience the material you put in your domes without traveling to one, which is not going to happen for me in the next week, with finals, etc, etc” Well there are nearly 1300 digital domes in the world. Here is a compendium – perhaps there is one near…[Read more]

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